UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

* 1 7 3 9 7 3 6 3 1 2 *

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1123/22

Paper 2 Reading May/June 2011
Candidates answer on the Question Paper. 1 hour 45 minutes
Additional Materials: Insert

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions in both Section 1 and Section 2.

The insert contains the two reading passages.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the Paper.
Dictionaries are not permitted in this examination.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the beginning or end of each question or part question.

For Examiner’s Use

This document consists of 7 printed pages, 1 blank page and 1 insert.

DC (CB (NB)) 32055/5

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Section 1: Reading for Ideas For

Examiner’s
Read Passage 1 in the insert and answer all the questions below in the order set. Use

1 (a) Notes [15 marks]

Identify and write down the reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of
tea drinking, and the reasons for the continuing popularity of tea.
USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM PARAGRAPH 2 TO PARAGRAPH 6 INCLUSIVE.
At this stage, you need NOT use your own words. To help you get started, the first point
in each section of notes is done for you. You will be awarded up to 15 marks for content
points.

MAIN POINTS
Reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of tea drinking
• It was used as a medicine

Reasons for the continuing popularity of tea

• Tea plants’ ability to replenish themselves makes it plentiful / keeps the cost down

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(b) Summary [5 marks] For

Examiner’s
Now use your notes to write a summary of the reasons for the initial popularity of tea Use

and the spread of tea drinking, and the reasons for the continuing popularity of tea.

This time, you will be awarded up to 5 marks for using your own words wherever
possible and for accurate use of language.
Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note form), must be no longer
than 160 words, including the 10 words given below. Begin your summary as follows:

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No. of words
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For
2 From paragraph 2, select and write down two opinions. Examiner’s
Use

One opinion is ..........................................................................................................................

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Another opinion is ....................................................................................................................

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3 From your reading of paragraph 5 and paragraph 6, decide whether each of the following
statements is true or false, and tick the box you have chosen.

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Tea plants grow all year round.
The best quality tea is used to produce tea bags.
Caffeine has a soothing effect on us.
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Total for Section 1 [25]

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Section 2: Reading for Meaning For

Examiner’s
Read Passage 2 in the insert and answer all the questions below in the order set. Use

From paragraph 1

4 (a) Before Amir’s betrayal of Hassan, what two things did Hassan do for him every
morning?

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(b) Explain fully how, after Amir’s betrayal, Hassan’s behaviour changed.

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From paragraph 2

5 (a) When Hassan was around, ‘the oxygen seeped out of the room’. Explain what is
happening here, and why.

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(b) Pick out and write down the single word which shows that Hassan and Amir were no
longer as closely involved with each other as they had been before.

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(c) According to Amir, what did the ironed clothes and the warm slippers indicate? Answer
in your own words.

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From paragraph 3 For

Examiner’s
6 (a) What ‘solution’ to his problem did Amir see? Use

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(b) Amir’s father was sure about the right time to plant tulips. What does this suggest about
his personality?

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(c) Apart from what he says, in what two ways does Amir show he regrets asking his father
the question?

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From paragraph 4

7 Explain in your own words how Amir felt when his father dropped him off at school.

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From paragraph 5

8 (a) The house ‘teemed’ with the father’s hired help. Pick out and write down the single word
which continues the idea of ‘teemed’.

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(b) What does the word ‘fixed’ tell you about Amir’s feelings at this point?

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(c) Why is it appropriate to describe the fireworks as ‘bouquets’ of fire? For

Examiner’s
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(d) Why do you think Amir thought of the darkness as merciful?

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From paragraph 7

9 Amir told ‘a shameful lie’. What do you think this lie was?

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From the whole passage

10 Choose five of the following words. For each of them give one word or short phrase (of not
more than seven words) which has the same meaning that the word has in the passage.

(a) barely (line 1) (e) bursts (line 32)

(b) beaming (line 20) (f) perfunctory (line 35)

(c) preoccupied (line 22) (g) animated (line 40)

(d) mingled (line 26) (h) anguish (line 44)

Five words chosen

Answer
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Total for Section 2 [25]

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